![]() In total, that’s about five hours a day spent prepping food, eating food and working out. If I did that for six months, I imagine there would be a pretty significant change in my body.”įrom Feb.1 to March 1, he worked out for about 60 hours, an average of two hours per day. “It’s sort of modeled on that workout he did for that movie ‘ Hercules,’ and he did that for six months. The exercise routine burns about 3,550 calories every day. “How does a human being do that six days a week?” “When I read that in the spring, I was so enamored by it,” Webster said. To offset the calories, he imitates The Rock and does an hour of cardio and an hour and a half on weights six days a week, with one day of rest. “I had business meetings at a different office last week,” he told me, “and I had to bring three meals with me, and eat in a conference room while I was having a meeting with other people.” ![]() The Rock diet hasn’t affected Webster’s work life, besides the occasional need to sneak out for his protein fix. “Every few hours, you have to stop and eat again.” “The biggest thing with the eating is the interruption of your day,” Webster said. 1Įating each of his seven daily meals takes about 20 minutes - two hours and 20 minutes a day just shoving meat and vegetables into his mouth. For a while his only succor was a daily sweet potato. Still, making 30 pounds of food every three days is probably the worst part of the process, he said. He got a break partway through the challenge when he realized the seafood store would just steam-cook the cod on the spot for no charge. Every two or three days, Webster said, he spent an hour and a half on food prep. So it costs a lot of money to eat like The Rock, but it also takes time. That’s about $42 per day, including $18 worth of cod. The main takeaway: Being The Rock is exhausting, expensive and exactly as rad as you would think.īased on the data Webster sent me - scrupulously compiled over the course of this exercise - he spent a total of $1,262 on food. 1 through March 1 - and chronicled his progress online (I kept in touch with him throughout). And when he read about Johnson’s daily routine, he did not feel awe or disgust or fear, but instead saw a life he wanted to try for a month. He’s just a normal self-employed guy who’s tried to get in shape over the past couple of years. Unlike Johnson, Webster is not a former pro wrestler, nor is he a staple of the “Fast and Furious” movie franchise. In one year, The Rock consumes more than one-third of a ton of cod alone. The rest is eggs, steak, chicken, vegetables and potatoes - all told, about 10 pounds of food per day. The calories, spread over seven meals, include roughly 2.3 pounds of cod, a fish particularly rich in protein. ![]() Mark Webster saw the most ludicrous diet plan on the planet and decided to try it out.Īs I wrote last year, the movie star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, in order to maintain his legendary physique, eats more than 5,000 calories a day.
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